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Action Comics 435

ACTION COMICS #435

Cover Date: May 1974
Cover Price: $0.20
Publication Date: 1974-02-28

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Cover Credits:
Art: Nick Cardy
Colors: Tatjana Wood


Story: "I Want to Wreck the World!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCary Bates
PencilsCurt Swan
InksVince Colletta
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman (also in flashback; next in Superman Vol. 1 #276)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (next in Superman Vol. 1 #278)

Villain(s):

Phantom Zone Prisoners
Doctor Xadu (also in flashback; next in Phantom Zone #1; see Comments)
Zeda (also in flashback)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
WGBS Building
northern Siberia
Unidentified Space Sector(s)
two different galaxies

Comment(s):

Though Superman says he's separated Doctor Xadu and Erndine Ze-Da by placing them in separate cells, in different galaxies, Xadu next appears in the Phantom Zone.
Story continued from the previous issue.


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Second Story: "The Unmasking of the Atom!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryElliot S. Maggin
PencilsDick Dillin
InksDick Giordano, Frank McLaughlin
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Atom (in between Justice League of America #110 and #112)

Supporting Character(s):

Jean Loring (in between issues #427/2 and #438/2)

Villain(s):

Sax Carlin (first appearance; a criminal defendant in court)
Sax Carlin's gang (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

court staff
police officers

Location(s):

Ivy Town

Story Reprinted in:

Green Arrow / Black Canary: For Better or for Worse ([September] 2007)


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